From: http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2006-March/046171.html > as the MIT krb5's krb5_rd_req does an explicit close on the keytab when it > was able to decrypt the ticket (but the ticket is not yet or no longer > valid), we crash on calling krb5_ktfile_get_entry the next time as the > krb5_keytab has become invalid. (to reproduce set your clock to a wrong > time and use "use kerberos keytab = yes). Although some versions of Samba have a workaround for this, it would be wise to validate the file handle before deferencing it in kt_file.c. See attached patch. regards, -- Luke